Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

Athletics at the
1980 Summer Olympics
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The Men's High Jump event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had an entrylist of 30 competitors. The final was held on Friday 1 August 1980. Athletes absent due to the boycott included the West German Dietmar Mogenburg, who had cleared 2.35 m in May 1980. This was the first and only Olympic competition where a new world record was set in the men's high jump.

Medalists

Gold Gerd Wessig
East Germany (GDR)
Silver Jacek Wszola
Poland (POL)
Bronze Jörg Freimuth
East Germany (GDR)

Qualification

RANK GROUP A HEIGHT
1.  Jörg Freimuth (GDR) 2.21 m
2.  Henry Lauterbach (GDR) 2.21 m
3.  Gerd Wessig (GDR) 2.21 m
4.  Roland Dalhäuser (SUI) 2.21 m
5.  Aleksey Demyanyuk (URS) 2.21 m
 Gennady Belkov (URS) 2.21 m
 Marco Tamberi (ITA) 2.21 m
8.  Jacek Wszola (POL) 2.21 m
9.  Adrian Proteasa (ROU) 2.21 m
10.  Aleksandr Grigoryev (URS) 2.21 m
11.  Janusz Trzepizur (POL) 2.21 m
12.  Francis Agbo (FRA) 2.18 m
13.  Oscar Raise (ITA) 2.18 m
14.  Zoltán Torsi (HUN) 2.18 m
15.  Paolo Borghi (ITA) 2.18 m
RANK GROUP B HEIGHT
1.  Mark Naylor (GBR) 2.21 m
2.  Vaso Komnenic (YUG) 2.21 m
3.  Sorin Matei (ROU) 2.21 m
4.  Guy Moreau (BEL) 2.21 m
5.  Roberto Cabrejas (ESP) 2.21 m
6.  Abdelhamid Sahil (ALG) 2.18 m
7.  Martin Perarnau (ESP) 2.15 m
8.  István Gibicsár (HUN) 2.15 m
9.  Atanas Mladenov (BUL) 2.10 m
 Desmond Morris (JAM) 2.10 m
11.  Francisco Centelles (CUB) 2.10 m
12.  Moussa Sagna Fall (SEN) 2.10 m
13.  Othmane Belfaa (ALG) 2.10 m
14.  Ahmad Balkis (SYR) 2.05 m
 Claudio da Matta Freire (BRA) 2.05 m

Final

RANK FINAL HEIGHT
 Gerd Wessig (GDR) 2.36 m
 Jacek Wszola (POL) 2.31 m
 Jörg Freimuth (GDR) 2.31 m
4.  Henry Lauterbach (GDR) 2.29 m
5.  Roland Dalhäuser (SUI) 2.24 m
6.  Vaso Komnenic (YUG) 2.24 m
7.  Adrian Proteasa (ROU) 2.21 m
8.  Aleksandr Grigoryev (URS) 2.21 m
9.  Mark Naylor (GBR) 2.21 m
10.  Gennady Belkov (URS) 2.21 m
11.  Aleksey Demyanyuk (URS) 2.21 m
12.  Janusz Trzepizur (POL) 2.18 m
13.  Sorin Matei (ROU) 2.18 m
14.  Guy Moreau (BEL) 2.18 m
15.  Marco Tamberi (ITA) 2.15 m
16.  Roberto Cabrejas (ESP) 2.10 m

See also

References

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